In Print - The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Based on the theory that every item tells a story, historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich sets about telling the stories of 11 so-called everyday household objects from Colonial America. Among them are a spinning wheel, a niddy noddy, and an unfinished knitted stocking. For knitters interested in history, this is a must-read.